If apathy is the abscense or lack of emotion can apathy therefore be considered an emotion itself?

Question

Just curious on how to categorize this "feeling".

Answer 1

This is like the people who claim that atheism is a religion.

A lack of something does not automtically presume the presence of something else.

Answer 2

Q: Do you know the difference between Ignorance and Apathy?
A: I don't know and I don't care.

Apathy is the lack of emotion, motivation, or enthusiasm. Apathy is a psychological term for a state of indifference — where an individual is unresponsive or "indifferent" to aspects of emotional, social, or physical life. Clinical apathy is considered to be at an elevated level, while a moderate level might be considered depression, and an extreme level could be diagnosed as a dissociative disorder. The physical aspect of apathy associated with physical deterioration, muscle loss, and lack of energy is called lethargy — which has many pathological causes as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy

Answer 3

hmmm. I would categorize it as a feeling. Kind of like when you're in shock over something, you don't feel anything, you're too shocked to. But that feeling isn't shock, it's the absence of all feeling. So, isn't that a feeling?

Just what I think, I don't really know the technical answer to that.